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A. C. JEWETT.

SHOT SHELL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29. 1918.

Patented May 27, 1919.

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ARTHUR C. .mwn'r'r, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T WINCHESTERREPEATING ARMS Co., or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

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To all whom z't may concern:

- citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, inthe county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Shot-Shells; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said' drawings constitute part of this application,

' and represent, in I Figure 1 a view in longitudinal central section ofa flight-marking shot-shell embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 an enlarged sectional view of the fliglalt-marking pellet orbody.

3' in shot shells designed with particular reference to being used intrap-shooting but not limited to such use, the ob ect being to mark thepath of the charge of shot for the guidance of the shooter.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a shotshellcharacterized by having installed within it a flight-marking pelletor body consisting of a metal core surrounded by an ignitiblecomposition and adapted in weight to accompany the charge of 'shot andmark the path thereof.

My invention further consists in the construction hereinafter describedand pointed out in the claim.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I employ a flight-markingpellet or body consisting of ametal ball 2 embedded in a sphericalenvelop of suitable. ignitible composition 3, such, for instance, asmagnesium and barium peroxid. The metal core 2 may assume any convenientform, its function being to lend suflicient weight to the pellet toinsure its accompanying the char of shot and so indicate the paththereof. 7 s shown, the pellet is installed within an open-Specification of Letters Patent.

-communicated invention relates to an improvement Patented May 27, 1919.

Application filed November 29, 1918. Serial No. 264,486.

ing 4 in the center of the rearmost wad 5 of the felt-driving wads 5, 6and 7 Fire is. rom the powder-charge 8 to the pellet through a centralperforation 9 in the undershot cardboard wad 10. The

charge of shot 11 is confined between the foremost driving-wad 7 and theover-shot cardboard wad 12 which is held in place by forming a crimp 13in the outer end of the tube or case 14. The shell also comprises a basewad 15, a metal head 16 and a primer 17. When the powder-charge 8 isexploded by the primer 17, a tongue of flame passes through the opening9 in the wad 10 and ignites the composition 3 of theflight-markingpellet which as the wads drop away, accompanies the chargeof shot, and continuing to burn, marks their flight, whereby the user ofthe arm is able to follow the course of the shot.

I claim A shot shell having a paper body, a shot charge and a powdercharge located therein, a group of (lI'lVlIl wads inter osed between thesaid powder 0 arge and s ot charge, an

under shot wad interposed between the powder charge and the real-most ofthe. said driving wads and formed with a flame-transmitting opening, and'a flight-marking pellet consisting of a. core embedded in an envelop ofignitible material, installled in the rearmost of the said driving wadsin position to have flame communicated to it from the powder chargethrough the under shot wad, the said pellet being separable from thewads and of suflicient carry to follow the charge of shot.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR 0. JEWETT.

Witnesses:

ERIK S. PALMER, ARTHUR W. EARLE.

